Skip Town (Verb)
Meaning
Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom).
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- After emptying the cash register, the store manager seemed to skip town overnight and no one has seen him since.
- She packed her bags in a rush and prepared to skip town before the debt collectors caught up with her.
- When the police came to arrest him, he had already skipped town and was rumored to be hiding in Mexico.
- As soon as the news of his scandal broke out, the CEO skipped town to avoid the media frenzy.
- The rockstar skipped town after the concert to avoid the paparazzi who were waiting for him at the hotel.